The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Information for Passengers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

UK Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 252 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 5 March 2021
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: COVID-19 emergency legislation (2020-2022)
Made under: Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) to— a expand the definition of aircraft crew in Schedule 2, which is relevant to exemptions from the requirements imposed by those Regulations, to include additional personnel carried on aircraft; b remove a specific exemption in Schedule 2B for those personnel, which is redundant following the above change; c update the list of specified competitions in Schedule 3, which is relevant to the exemptions for sportspersons. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/567) are amended to impose a new requirement on the operators of commercial transport services departing from England to a place outside the common travel area. Such operators will be required to provide information to passengers about the current restrictions on movement before their departure. Additionally, as the scope of those Regulations is being widened, its title is amended to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for International Passengers) (England) Regulations 2020. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Offences created by this instrument

It is an offence to enter a port of departure or embarkation point without a properly completed form if you are… regulation 13 · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

This instrument became law without a debate or a vote. Under the negative procedure it took effect unless a motion to stop it succeeded, and none was tabled.

Procedure: Made negative — law unless a motion to stop it succeeded
Could either House amend it?: No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.
Committee: Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by a scrutiny committee

Procedural history

Instrument created 5 March 2021
Instrument made (signed into law) 5 March 2021
Laid before the House of Commons 8 March 2021 · Commons
Laid before the House of Lords 8 March 2021 · Lords
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 8 March 2021 · Lords
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament 8 March 2021 · Commons
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 16 March 2021 · Lords
Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) 16 March 2021 · Lords
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 21 April 2021 · Commons, Lords
Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) 21 April 2021 · Commons, Lords
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power 21 April 2021 · Commons, Lords
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on other grounds 21 April 2021 · Commons, Lords
Objection period ends 14 May 2021
Instrument remains law 14 May 2021
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords 14 May 2021 · Commons, Lords
Instrument comes into force as law Date not recorded

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